City Corporate & Business Plan - Municipal

To summarise, the overall income pattern of the Ambur Municipality indicates more
negative features than positive features. The positive trends are on the income side,
where the Municipality has higher growth rate in income than growth in expenditure.
5. PROPOSED REFORMS
The proposed mandatory municipal reforms are broadly classified under the heads of:
a. Reforms in resource mobilization
i. Reforms in Taxation
Property mapping - Onetime assessment of all unassessed and under assessed
properties.
Regular and periodic increment of property tax at the rate of 15% every 5
years
ii. Improving revenue from user charges
The Municipal council may assume charge of increase in water charges, to
recover full O&M Cost of water supply and UGSS.
Increase in the connections to at least 85% of total assessments.
Pre-mobilization of deposits for the proposed WS or UGSS project
Implementation of Conservancy fee for SWM for hotels, marriage halls,
industries and other commercial establishments
Revenue Generation from sale of compost and scrap.
iii. Reforms in Energy and Resource efficiency
Conducting energy audits, leak detection studies, Enforce regulations on
illegal tapping of water, Fixing flow control valves and meters.
Provision of energy saving lights and equipments, Privatizing the maintenance
of street lights to ESCO companies.
iv. Formation of new sustainable revenue sources
The remunerative proposals idenfied are
Construction of shopping complex at V.A.Kareem OHT (14 shops)
Construction of shopping complex at ESI Hospital (40 shops)
Construction of new slaughter house with waste treatment facilities.
v. Reforms in Audit and Accounting
Timely auditing of accounts - August 30 th of next fiscal year
Appointing a private Chartered Accountant as consultant
Publishing audited statement in municipal website - September 30 th of next
fiscal year
vi. Regular and mandatory capacity buildings sessions for elected representatives
& municipal officials